Hey there Everyone!
While I was very tempted to catch STEAMBOY this week for the Chlotrudis Monday Night Movie of the Week, I deferred (partially because only the English language version is showing at that time). Instead I went with OFF THE MAP, the latest directorial effort from Campbell Scott (BIG NIGHT). In what Roger Ebert calls, “one of the year’s most unusual and affecting films,” Scott takes us to 1974 and the harshly beautiful wilds of Taos, New Mexico. Join us for the 7:30 p.m. screening at the Kendall Square Cinema.
The wilds of Taos, New Mexico are home to eleven-year-old Bo Groden (Valentina de Angelis) and her free-thinking parents, Arlene (Joan Allen) and Charley (Sam Elliott). When a hapless IRS agent (Jim True-Frost) arrives to investigate the Groden’s tax history, he proves to be a catalyst in their lives. Embraced by the Groden’s idyllic, peculiar world, the agent soon falls in love with the magical landscape and its extraordinary people and quickly forgets what he came for. Screenplay by Joan Ackermann, based on her play. Directed by Campbell Scott (co-director of BIG NIGHT).
DIRECTOR: Campbell Scott
CAST: J.D. Hawkins, Joan Allen, Amy Brenneman, Valentina de Angelis, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Kevin Skousen, Jim True-Frost
Weekend film buffs should try and catch the new documentary playing at the Brattle Theatre, L.A. PLAYS ITSELF, which kicks off a series of Noir films set in L.A. Other recent releases that have been getting some buzz include Danny Boyle’s MILLIONS and the German film HEAD-ON, both playing currently at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. The other new release at the Kendall this week is SCHIZO, director Guka Omarova’s coming-of-age story is set in 1990s Kazakhstan.
I hope those of you who attended last weekend’s 11th Annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony had a terrific time! I’ve heard comments such as, “the best Chlotrudis Awards ever!” to multiple comments on the “best after-party ever!” It’s great to hear that kind of feedback, despite the fact that we were woefully under-attended. Still, it was a terrific audience, and those of you who couldn’t make it, I hope to see you at next year’s event (and lots of times in between!) Our three guests, Lucas Belvaux, Ellen Page, and John O’Brien were absolutely delightful, and all our guest presenters, and Chlotrudis participants did an outstanding job. You can get a sneak preview of some of the terrific photos taken by ace photographer (and all around sweet guy) Brandon Constant on your left. That’s Kate Pike, Emily Pike (on video), Michael Colford, Scot Colford, Merri Lavine, and Janet Young (in the foreground) during the opening multimedia extravaganza. Look for results and the rest of the pictures on the web over the weekend!
As for our other event last weekend, thanks to all of you who attended the WILBY WONDERFUL screenings. Ellen Page was a trooper, introducing or doing q&a’s at four screenings. Attendance was healthy, and I saw lots of Chlotrudis members on Saturday night! I’d love for some of you to send in your reviews so we can get them up on the website. For those of you who missed it, we will have a screener copy available when THAT season starts up again.
See you at the movies!
Playing this week, March 25 – 31.
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
Area Theatrical Premiere
L.A. Plays Itself (Fri. – Sun.)
Dark Side of the Sun: L.A. Noir
The Big Sleep (Sat. & Sun.)
Chinatown (Mon.)
Criss Cross (Tue.)
This Gun for Hire (Tue.)
Point Blank (Wed.)
Collateral (Thu.)
To Live & Die in L.A. (Thu.)
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Head-On
Million Dollar Baby
Academy Award Nominated Shorts
Millions
Watermarks
Midnite Madness
Ladyhawke (Fri. & Sat.)
Coolidge Award retrospective of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
Apocalypse Now (Mon.)
Coolidge Award Seminar:
THE AMERICAN VIEW: Coppola & Beatty (Wed.)
Booksmith Presents
Jonathan Lethem (Thu.)
FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
A Very Long Engagement (ineligible)
Finding Neverland
Bride & Prejudice
Sideways
Closer (ineligible)
FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Sideways
Bad Education
Closer (ineligible)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (ineligible)
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
California Stars: Los Angeles on Film
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (Fri. & Sun.)
Tarzan and Jane Regained’Sort of (Fri. & Tue.)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (Sat. & Sun.)
The Kid Stays in the Picture (Sat.)
Los, Pasadena Freeway Stills, & L.A.X. (Mon.)
Los Angeles, Now (Tue.)
Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Born into Brothels
Paper Clips
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
Sideways Nominated for FOUR Chlotrudis Awards, including Best Cast!
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)
Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
Schizo
Off the Map
Steamboy
Millions
Walk on Water
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Nobody Knows
Downfall
Born into Brothels
Hotel Rwanda
Embassy Cinema, Waltham
Melinda and Melinda
Downfall
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Bride & Prejudice
Born into Brothels
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)
Loew’s Harvard Square, Cambridge
Melinda and Melinda
In My Country
The Upside of Anger
Dear Frankie
Schultze Gets the Blues
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Staircase (Fri.)
Spanish Cinema
In the City (Fri. – Sun.)
Pre-Release Screening
Turtles Can Fly (Fri.)
Vietnamese Cinema
Buffalo Boy
Maurice Pialat Retrospective
Graduate First (Sat.)
Van Gogh (Sun.)
Art on Film
Antonio Gaudi (Sun.)
The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
Travelers & Magicians
West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Walk on Water
Hotel Rwanda
The Chorus
Schultze Gets the Blues
Being Julia
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President